August 31 - Tron

TRON 

With Tron: Ares coming out I figured I should watch the original as I hadn't done that yet, my knowledge about Tron extended to the bikes and nothing more. After watching it I was perplexed. As my dad described it, "It's an odd movie that takes a couple watches to understand" which is completely right. Tron tries to make the average person understand how a computer works using an adventure tale, but unless you're a nerd like me, it's just bad CGI with weird gray people. I'll start with the plot.

Plot:

Tron centers around a guy whose name I forgot that owns an arcade, he made some games, but they were stolen by the evil businessman. This evil businessman works for Mastercontrol or MC the computer program that wants to control all computer programs. In an effort to get credit for his work the main character gets sent into the computer world where MC is an evil Darth Vader style emperor with powers. The main character then teams up with two computer programs, one is named RAM, and the other is Tron who is the hero/savior whatever. They then traverse the CGI land and eventually stop Mastercontrol I think.

What I think:

Tron is just odd, it puts me in a fickle mood, I think the best definition of it would be the ultimate 5/10 not terrible but nothing special. It feels so empty, I see effort but the acting and overall, poorly explained world left me wondering "What did I just watch". But in this feeling of being lost there's a certain beauty to it, the way it displays basic computer functions as a civilization and the person using the computer/user are treated as Gods. It just fascinates me. 

All seriousness was lost with this thing

To put it in the simplest way, Tron is a mesmerizing mess.

-Levi, the SnoreMan